ointment
mir.qa.chat denotes a prepared, compounded substance made with spices, including anointing oil and burial mixtures.
The attested use concerns a prepared compound involving spices: it is made as holy anointing oil in Exodus 30:25, prepared by priests in 1 Chronicles 9:30, and present among the mixtures placed on a burial bier in 2 Chronicles 16:14.
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Prepared spice compound · dominant
In Exodus 30:25, the absolute noun occurs in instructions to make holy anointing oil as a spice compound, described by the APB as “the work of a mixer.” In 1 Chronicles 9:30, priests prepare the compound for spices; in 2 Chronicles 16:14, its construct form occurs among the various mixed substances placed on a bier.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term within “compounded ointment” in Exodus 30:25, “ointment for the spices” in 1 Chronicles 9:30, and “mixed ointments” in 2 Chronicles 16:14. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.